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Hands up male Creativepoolrs, who amongst you didn't receive a Lynx gift pack this Christmas from an acquaintance and/or elder family member? I'd imagine precious few of you are currently sat at your computers or phones with your hands aloft, not...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The reason 89% of advertising is forgotten is because white men in London are the ones making the ads, according to Paul Mellor, owner and design director at Mellor&Smith. It’s all well and good for business leaders like Cindy Gallop and Sir...
Posted by: Ryan Watson
Iconic fashion brand Vogue announced this week that Edward Enninful would serve as the editor of their British magazine. This is notable not only because Enninful will become the magazine's first male editor, but also the first black editor of a...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Unless you’ve been asleep for the past week, you’ll be all too aware of Olympian Tom Daley’s announcement about his sexuality via a ‘selfie’ YouTube video. The reaction has been incredible - from the media and the public...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
BETC Paris - FLAC Anticorrida BETC Paris has produced a bold awareness campaign for FLAC Anticorrida about the cruelty of bullfighting. The aim of the operation is to relaunch the public debate about this out-of-date practice. In the midst of the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Scope Overflowing champagne bottles, foamy shower scenes, underwear models in pillow fights. We’re all familiar with the sexy tactics deployed to turn us on to brands because it’s well-established that ‘sex sells’. Yet a study published in...
Posted by: Canvas8
Vasilisa Forbes is a fashion photographer and video editor, who's also the brains behind the #WaxChick project. You might have seen her billboards popping up around London, or caught her speaking at the ICA. Controversial and throught-provoking, her...
Posted by: Jade French
Eleven years on from the start of the No More Page 3 campaign, which saw women’s rights advocates bring an end to the controversial topless pin-up page, feminist and sex positive porn pioneer Erika Lust is leading a campaign called ‘One...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Opinion by Sol Rogers, CEO & Founder, REWIND AI is everywhere in the media at the moment, but it’s all quite confusing. What does artificial intelligence actually mean? What’s the difference between a chatbot, AI interfaces, Siri and the...
Posted by: Magnopus
The Birth of a Medium In the 1920’s, most radio programmes seemed to consist of book readings and theatre play recordings. In the 50’s, as TV started to take over radio as the #1 mainstream entertainment medium, the most popular programmes were...
Posted by: Somewhere Else
The Annual 2021 winners have been revealed, with some of the most exciting and diverse winners in the history of Creativepool. With the first ever Grand Prix awarded to #Wombstories by Chelsea, this year was also a chance to celebrate equality and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
What have we learned from this LGBT+ History Month? It just so happens that Cadbury decides to release a brilliant ad, called Golden Goobilee, where the brand showcases several ways of enjoying their gooey and delicious Creme Eggs. It just so...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
As a general rule, people don’t like rules. Especially when it’s a rule telling them not to do something. It’s our natural instinct to push the red button and rebel. Could this explain the negative reaction to the new rule against...
Posted by: Proximity London
I don't know whether it's because I'm a writer, but when I watch a movie, the script and screenplay always take my attention. A great concept with a terrible script can really spoil things; likewise a thumping good screenplay can lift an average...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
What’s the first thing you notice about this image? For International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting a huge issue we’ve been tackling within the industry. There’s a rather noticeable lack of women. This article takes a...
Posted by: Uniform
By Erminia Blackden, head of strategy at Partners Andrews Aldridge... Women are in the driving seat for 85% of all purchases. This includes cars and trucks in the US, yet the industry as a whole seems woefully ill-equipped to serve its current and...
Posted by: House 337
In-House - Specsavers Considering this is our first week back after a rather elongated (and particularly stressful) Christmas break, there were A LOT of new ads to get through, and we’d be remiss to ignore so many great spots. Hence the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The introduction to Grace Weaver’s Skinny Latte at Soy Capitán Berlin, promises to immerse you in the land of ‘milk and honey’. It’s an ominous assurance, there are emojis throughout the text and everything looks candy...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
International Women’s Day seems to be getting more and more traction every year and that’s exactly the way it should be. But this year, rather than simply share a collection of today’s best IWD campaigns, social media posts and...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Why is academia so competitive? Because the stakes are so low. If you fail. You’re not really losing anything. What about brands acting in a kinder way? Is there anything to lose by not being nice? Or indeed anything to gain by wearing hearts...
Posted by: Simon Manchipp
Working closely with content marketing teams is an inevitable part of the SEO professional’s daily life. A majority of the interaction happens through managing the creation of content. SEOs, for better or worse, put their watchful gaze on each...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last month, Evian unveiled a dazzling pop-up immersive art installation in London created with multi-disciplinary artist and crystal lover, Sara Shakeel, to celebrate the launch of its long-awaited new sparkling water product. Evian brought together...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Rosy Tsai is a creative director and graphic designer with more than 10 years' experience working both agency and brand side. Specialising in branding, art direction and typography, her work has spanned countless industries and sectors, including...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We’re certainly not short of new trends in creativity as we approach the new year. But now more than ever, as the world turns more sustainable by the minute, packaging is here to impress, innovate and surprise both end consumers and...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Ever heard of the Pretentious-O-Meter? Neither did I, until earlier today. There is a known reality in the film industry that sees film critics as being constantly disconnected from the end audience. Ratings from critics are often unforgiving and...
Posted by: Antonino Lupo
Trevor Robinson OBE, Founder and ECD of Quiet Storm, started Create Not Hate more than a decade ago. First launched as an initiative, CNH's aim was to give more opportunities in the creative and media industries to young marginalised people in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you’re a professional creative then you’ll know that having a great idea is, unfortunately, only part of the process. If you want to see your idea made real then you have to be able to sell it. And yet, very often, almost all of...
Posted by: Richard Holman
With the gluttony of Christmas behind us, it’s time to cast our gaze once again towards the opportunities that await us in not only a new year but a new decade. It’s also the time, however, to look back at what an exceptional year 2019...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Looking at the contemporary art scene is not an easy task. Especially because the cutouts, themes, platforms and diversity are the size of planet Earth. One way that I always prefer is to find something in the artwork that takes me out of the...
Posted by: Daniel
Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, in partnership with ARRAY Alliance, a creative collective founded by director Ava DuVernay to amplify the work of women and people of colour filmmakers, today announced the launch of the first...
Posted by: Getty Images
Elon Musk gets Hyperloop permit and tracks the Starman's space cruise Tech pioneer Elon Musk has received written approval for some preliminary Hyperloop site preparation and excavation work in Washington DC. This means that a Boring Company-built...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Ogilvy & Mather - Coca-Cola Coca-Cola Great Britain has created its first ever ad made entirely out of its 100% recyclable packaging. “Love Story,” created by Ogilvy and Mather Berlin, tells the story of two bottles who fall in love as...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
foam has released two lines of work exploring alternative visualisations of the traditional ‘car porn’ genre. The works, bias and WARP CLASSICS, apply two bold and distinct styles to automotive machines. Simulated light, reflection and surfaces...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Thoughts on the immediate future of AI and robotics, and our role within it, appear to be something of a running theme for me this week. I have already commented on Elon Musk and his thoughts on how human beings must become cyborgs in order to remain...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
AI, VR, AR. 2016 was very much the year of the double letter acronym, and, if our panel of industry experts is to be believed, then 2017 looks set to take the developments of 2016 and push them into overdrive. We asked a number of industry experts...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The London-based Nexus Studios, in collaboration with Google Spotlight Stories, the VR storytelling specialists, has created an immersive and interactive experience with story at its heart. Directed by Nexus director Felix Massie, “Rain or...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
